04/14/16

The 4-1-1 on Art: Consequences of Recreations

A recent exhibition on the UM-Flint Campus is the second travelling exhibition of it’s kind to take place.  Engaging the campus with both student artworks and famous art is an innovation by Dr. Sarah Lippert, PhD. who teaches Art History.  This exhibition, called “The 4-1-1 on Art: Consequences of Recreations” features 20th century art works recreated and curated by ARH 411-History of Contemporary Art students: Jessica Adams, Stephanie Chisnell, Symantha Foreman, Rhonda Jones, Janice McCoy,  April Nunley, Mollie Rouse, Kathleen Sheldon, and Travis Turner.

Courses like these take art history to a new level. “I can tell you from first-hand experience that these projects really opened my eyes to what we studied, and provided insight to artists lives, their techniques and methods in a way that cannot be grasped from just reading about them.  Together with the recreation experience, having the pieces curated for an actual exhibition, further engages students in a hands-on experience.  Not all students in art history courses are art majors.  For some, this is the first time they have done any artwork at all.”—–Mary Kelly

We have seen a limited amount of traffic to the UCEN Fine Art Gallery located on the first floor of the Harding Mott building.  By displaying this exhibition at three different buildings on campus, the Art History program is able to reach a greater range of students to let them know about the kinds of things students are learning about, and hopefully encourage them to make art history a great choice for their graduation requirements.

For more information: Art History & Criticism Program at UMFlint

Janice McCoy, Buick, after Larry Rivers
Janice McCoy, Buick, after Larry Rivers
Stephanie Chisnell, Petite Odalisque, after Henri Matisse
Stephanie Chisnell, Petite Odalisque, after Henri Matisse
Symantha Foreman, Homage to theSquare, after Josef Albers
Symantha Foreman, Homage to the Square, after Josef Albers
Mollie Rouse, Helping Hands, after Thornton Dial
Mollie Rouse, Helping Hands, after Thornton Dial
Kathleen Sheldon, Minotaur, after Helen Frankenthaler
Kathleen Sheldon, Minotaur, after Helen Frankenthaler
Jessica Adams, O'R Fish II, after Mark Nelson
Jessica Adams, O’R Fish II, after Mark Nelson
Travis Turner, Le Lapin Agile, after Maurice Utrillo
Travis Turner, Le Lapin Agile, after Maurice Utrillo
April Nunley, Beauty,
April Nunley, St. Peter and St. Petresse, after Mary Bauermeister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhonda Jones, Dynamo, after Edmund Lewandowski
Rhonda Jones, Dynamo, after Edmund Lewandowski  
03/28/16

Student Artists & Scholars Present

FIA facadeThe 5th Annual Student Art & Art History Symposium is a showcase for student artists and scholars who have developed topics on art or art historical subject matter.  This event helps students to prepare for graduate programs, teaching occupations and professional activities requiring public speaking.

The symposium takes place at the Flint Institute of Arts as a public event where guests may participate in asking questions about the topics after each presentation.  It is a unique opportunity to learn something new about the different aspects of art and to see what kinds of work and research are happening at the University of Michigan-Flint.

As part of the process for participating in the symposium, students answered a Call for Papers and submitted proposals in the form of Abstracts. Once chosen, the students are guided by faculty to develop presentations based on on scholarly research.

The students chosen for this year’s symposium are:

Emily Legleitner – Moku Hanga:  A Lost Art and Its Revival

Angela Whitlock – Tony Shafrazi and Guernica: How Museums Can Benefit From Acts of Vandalism and Prevent Future Incidents

Mary Kelly – Overlooked Ornamentation:  Italian Devotional Paintings as Images of Power

Leon Collins – Modern Day Renaissance Men

Marta Watters – Cardin: An Innovative Mind

 

Please Join Us!

Sun. April 10, 2016 at the Flint Institute of Arts 1-3:30pm

Free and open to the public, light refreshments and door prizes. Bring your friends and family!

 

 

 

 

03/19/16

Anna Schuller – A Fading Generation

Anna Schuller‘s BFA Senior Solo Exhibition delivers high caliber digital photography.  On view from March 16 – April 2, you are invited to stop in at the UCEN Fine Art Gallery located on the first floor.  Experience her vision and her story through digital photographs taken on her travels through the back roads of Michigan and let her Artist’s Statement be your guide to “A Fading Generation.”

Anna Schuller_Artist Statmt

Artist’s Statement – “My parents grew up in Coeburn, Virginia then moved to Michigan in 1950.  We spent our vacations traveling the back roads of Virginia, going up and down the mountain sides.  I loved going there to visit and see the farms where my parents and their parents and families lived and raised farm animals, and planted gardens.  The bounty from the gardens would be canned and put up for the winter.  Then over the years these farms started fading as well as the earlier generations of family.  This is what inspired me to travel the back roads of Michigan in search of those farm houses, barns and relics that were once part of a thriving community. I hope through my passion in photographic images of a fading generation it will inspire future generations to do the same.

I strive to create a body of work through visual imagery that reflects time past and present as I view it.  My goal is to present a body of work that captures stories from my perspective and stimulates the viewers imagination to reflect on their own experiences.”  —–Anna Schuller, Photographer

Meet the Artist!  

Reception on March 25th, 6:00-8:00pm at the UCEN Fine Art Gallery – 1st floor, Refreshments will be served.

*To Purchase Photographs, please visit: Anna Schuller  or via email:  [email protected]

 

 

 

03/11/16

Hallway Exhibition -WSW 4th floor

These artworks on view on the 4th floor of the William S. White Building, on the campus of the University of Michigan-Flint, have been loaned by the Mott-Warsh Collection, a privately owned, publicly shared collection of fine art.  The hallway exhibitions are changed quarterly, so see it while you can and watch for more upcoming Hallway Exhibitions!

Selections from the Mott-Warsh Collection

Hallway_Sharecropper

Elizabeth Catlett (b. 1915), Sharecropper, 1958, Linocut,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Abstract Study

John Wilson (b. 1922), Abstract Study, 1949, Gouache on paper,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Moon's Play

Norman Lewis (1909-1979), Moon’s Play, 1954, Oil on paper,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Desolation

Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999), Desolation, 1939, Lithograph,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Singing Saints

Sargent Claude Johnson (1888-1967), Singing Saints, 1940, Lithograph,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Woman with Cup

Romare Bearden (1912-1988), Woman with Cup, 1945, Ink on paper,

Loan from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan.

Hallway_Mott Warsh Coll_text

03/11/16

Art in the Halls – William S. White Building

Located in the 4th floor hallway of the William S. White building, you can find the Visual Arts & Communication faculty offices, but did you know that you can also find art-on-display? These mini-exhibitions are on-going and change periodically to inform you of happenings both on and off-campus.  Why is this important?  These displays offer you a look at the types of projects being produced in department courses, they let you know about happenings in the area, such as the FOMA (Friends of Modern Art) films running at the Flint Institute of Arts, and loans of art from collections of area foundations as with the current exhibition from the Mott-Warsh Collection, whose mission is to educate about visual literacy, art-making process, art history, 20th century American history, and the history of the African diaspora.

For Visual Arts, Art History & Communications programs and courses, please consult the course catalog at UM-Flint.

For more information about the Flint Institute of Arts, please visit their website and facebook page:  www.flintarts.org         www.facebook.com/flint.institute.arts      

For more information about The Mott-Warsh Collection, please visit their website and facebook page:  www.m-wc.org           www.facebook.com/Mott-Warsh-Collection

03/10/16

Short Film Contest! Deadline June 15

 

PrintOur own Communication & Visual Arts faculty member, Donna Ullrich, co-founder of iMichigan Productions, an non-profit educational media company, shares an opportunities for aspiring filmmakers!  Not sure how to go about making a film?  Check out the FREE workshops listed below to help you out.

2016 Flint Youth Film Festival now has more than $5,000 committed for prize money for the festival film competition!

For a map to the location or more information about the Film Festival, please go to: www.thearchwayflint.org and submit your 3-minute film in one of six categories:  fiction, documentary, music video, animation, public service announcement, experimental.

Eligibility:  Any filmaker between the ages of 13 and 25 (+college students of any age) living in Flint or Genesee, Chiawassee or Lapeer counties my enter a film in any category made after June 1, 2015.

 

 

Let this “Star Wars” take off inspire you! [youtube]https://youtu.be/TrRbgsjTFVo[/youtube]

Flint Youth Film Festival Workshop Schedule:  FREE Workshops & Festival Entry!

Free Filmmaking Workshops throughout the 2015-2016 School Year – Open to All Interested Filmmakers regardless of age!  Meet, learn from and talk to accomplished media professionals on filmmaking topics. No registration required.

 

Lighting & Camera Work – February 13 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – MCC – Mott Memorial Building Media Technology Lab, Terrace Level

Editing – March 12 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – MCC – Mott Memorial Building Media Technology Lab, Terrace Level

[youtube]https://youtu.be/ewfBrMf23Tw[/youtube]

Sound – March 26 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – MCC – Mott Memorial Building Media Technology Lab, Terrace Level

[youtube]https://youtu.be/rD91tdWDIys[/youtube]

Writing/ Talent – April 9 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – UM-F – William S. White Building, Room 1205

Directing – April 23 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – MCC – Mott Memorial Building Media Technology Lab, Terrace Level

Animation – May 7 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday– UM-F – William S. White Building, Room 1205
How to Distribute Your Film – May 21 – noon-2 p.m. – Saturday – MCC – Mott Memorial Building Media Technology Lab, Terrace Level

 

 

Remember!  These are FREE Filmmaking Workshops throughout the 2015-2016 School Year – Open to All Interested Filmmakers regardless of age
Meet, learn from and talk to accomplished media professionals on filmmaking topics.
No registration required.

 

03/7/16

Joe Reinsel: Artist-in-Residence Update!

Joe Reinsel_1Assistant Professor of Media Art, Joe Reinsel is busy working on his Artist-in-Residence project and has sent us mockups as a sneak peek.  He says:

Here is an update on my current project. I am working on a projection-mapped video work for the Little Italy Neighborhood in downtown Baltimore. I was chosen as one of the 5 artists in residence for the inaugural Light City Baltimore International Light Festival.

My project, Il Tartufo Lucente, will illuminate the facade of St. Leo the Great Church(Little Italy) with modern projection mapping software, incorporating photos, drawings and imagery inspired by the neighborhood. (See Press Release and scroll to ‘Little Italy’)
 

I will be making more updates as this project develops on my Facebook page:   Joe Reinsel

https://www.facebook.com/joereinselmediart/

Please “like”, share and come to the event. When you do, tell me! It would be great to see you. -Joe

Follow on Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/jreinsel

Follow Joe Reinsel’s Blog:  http://www.joereinsel.org/blog

 

02/24/16

Author wants to hear your voice!

Gale GloverGale Glover, author of “Reach Higher Ed” book series, is working on a new book about the experiences throughout the Flint Water Crisis.  She wants to hear your voice about how this crisis has impacted your life and how it has brought the community together through stories, photos, artwork and poems.

Gale is an Administrative Assistant in the UM-Flint department of Communication and Visual Arts, marketing editor for Qua, the UM-Flint student-run literary publication, has a Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Africana Studies, Masters in Public Administration, and is a current student in the Post-Masters Education Specialist Program.  She is active in professional and personal volunteer activities, as well as community memberships.  She supports and interacts with students, faculty, and staff for workshops and community engagement projects.

“Everything I do is to promote student success including my books, my educational background, and my profession.”

For more information, please contact Gale Glover at:  [email protected]

 

 

02/19/16

Save Your Water Bottle Tops!

bottles-60475__180Bottled Emotions is a conceptual/installation/activist art project created by 2 students here at the University of Michigan-Flint. Knowing the impact the Flint City Water Crisis has had on the residents of Flint and surrounding areas, they want to use their artistic talents to create a 9 x 11 ft mosaic mural and several other installation pieces to remind Flint residents and visitors about this moment in time. The goal is to bridge the gap between community engagement, service learning and the art world with the help of the University’s students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Rhonda Jones, is a current art student at UM-Flint, majoring in Studio Art – Painting & Drawing with a minor in Art History, and Brittini Ward is an alumni of the University of Michigan-Flint with a BFA in Professional Communications and Graphic Design, currently involved with the university in Educational Opportunity Initiatives.  Together, these artists hope to use their talents to create an art project with a positive impact during the Flint water crisis by raising awareness on this important issue in our community and as a reminder for future generations.

They are asking for everyone’s help in collecting water bottle tops!

Drop-off locations:  Riverfront Residential Hall, 1st Street Residential Hall, University Center – 3rd floor

Contact:  student artist Rhonda Jones at [email protected] or alumni Brittini Ward

 

02/14/16

Vasari – Good Composition

 

“He who studies good painting and sculpture … must necessarily have acquired a good method in art. Hence springs the invention which groups figures in fours, sixes, tens, twenties, in such a manner as to represent battles and other great subjects of art.  This invention demands an innate propriety springing out of harmony and obedience; thus if a figure move to greet another, the figure saluted having to respond should not turn away … He [the artist] must always take care … that everything is in relation to the work as a whole; so that harmonious unity, wherein the passions strike terror, and the pleasing effects shed sweetness, representing directly the intention of the painter, and not the things he had not thought of.”—–from LIVES OF THE ARTISTS by Giorgio Vassari, 1568.